Britain's Biggest Heists

In 2006 Tonbridge, Kent, became the scene of the largest ever cash heist in the world. A well organized and heavily armed gang forced their way into a security cash depot at night with the manager, Colin Dixon. He had been kidnapped by the robbers along with his family and held at gun point. The money stolen was a colossal £53 million, the biggest amount of cash ever stolen in a robbery.

In 1983 a gang of armed robbers hijacked a security depot near Heathrow Airport and held the guards to ransom, expecting to steal cash in the region of £3 million pounds. But their operation didn’t exactly go according to plan. Security guard Robin Risely couldn’t remember his part of the codes to the safes and remarkably the gang stumbled on a much bigger prize - £26 million of gold bullion. The hunt for the gold was one of the biggest the world has ever seen. The thieves had it smelted down and resold into the market. Now, in this new documentary, we hear first hand accounts from the security guards who were on shift that fateful morning and the officers who were on the case.

Discover the audacious plan of the thieves who dared to drive a digger into the Dome, and how their elaborate scheme to steal 300million worth of jewels was foiled.

In 1987, Italian robber Valerio Viccei coordinated a mass raid on 120 safety deposit boxes in London s wealthy Knightsbridge which led to the loss of over £40 million worth of goods.

Detectives reveal how a gang of robbers made off with 53million from a security cash depot in Kent. And how, despite their cunning plan, they were eventually caught.

In 1963 a gang of robbers hijacked a post office train traveling from Glasgow to London Euston and stole more than £2 million. Hailed as the most audacious crime in British history, the heist was a success due to its meticulous planning.